Salted Calves’ Tongue with Madeira Sauce

Name: Salted Calves’ Tongue with Madeira Sauce
Ingredients: 2.8 litres/5 pints water (Jane Grigson specifies soft or rain water. Use mineral if you feel strongly about it); 2 tbsp red wine vinegar; 350 g/12 oz sea salt; 2.8 litres/5 pints water (Jane Grigson specifies soft or rain water. Use mineral if you feel strongly about it); 3 thyme sprigs; 3 celery sticks, chopped; 1 tsp peppercorns; 2 bay leaves; 4 cloves; 1 tsp black peppercorns; 2 streaky bacon rashers, chopped; 25 g/1 oz butter; 50 g/2 oz saltpetre; 350 g/12 oz brown sugar; a pinch of grated nutmeg; 1 tsp juniper berries; 2 calves’ tongues; 2 carrots, peeled and chopped; 2 onions, peeled and quartered; 200 ml/7 fl oz dry Madeira; 3 tbsp meat glaze; 2 tsp tomato purée; 1 heaped tsp plain flour; 1 celery stick, finely chopped; 1 leek, washed and trimmed, finely chopped; 1 small onion, peeled and finely chopped; 1 small carrot, peeled and finely chopped; 50 g/2 oz butter; 1 tbsp chopped parsley; salt and pepper

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Roast Chicken & Other Stories

By Simon Hopkinson and Lindsey Bareham

Published 1994

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